Wii and Spore Sweep E3 Awards

Nintendo's Wii console and EA's Spore title have proved that the gaming industry is hungry for innovation and willing to reward those that dare. The Wii received the coveted Mejor de la exposición award in a decision which was more or less obvious to anyone who witnessed the record queues outside Nintendo's E3 booth.

The attention given to Nintendo's console also suggests that critics and fans alike seem to be frowning upon the extreme budgets required for next-generation games. Nintendo is reaching out to developers allowing them to create Wii content for less. Wii also won the Best Hardware title and Nintendo's Wii Sports game the prize for Mejor juego de deportes.

The other big winner of E3 2006 was Will Wright and his new, post-Sims project, Espora. The game promises to take players on an epic journey from single cell organism to intergalactic conquest. Anyone that missed the presentation of the game by Will Wright and Robin Williams should rush to see it as that alone was worthy of an award. Espora, winner of last year's Mejor de la exposición prize, bagged the Best Original Game, Best PC Game y Mejor juego de simulación titles.

Epic's X360 Gears of War and its chainsaw machine gun won the Mejor juego para consola y Mejor juego de acción awards while Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed grabbed the Mejor juego de acción y aventura award.

La lista completa de premios es la siguiente:

Mejor de la exposición
Wii (Nintendo)

Mejor multijugador en línea
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (Splash Damage/id/Activision for PC)